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Corticosterone Levels And The Critical Period In Imprinting Behavior Of Domestic Chicks, Lorraine Feldman

Biology ETDs

The following research was undertaken to monitor a glucocorticoid corticosterone to determine whether or not a reduction in glucocorticoids occurs during the critical period of imprinting behavior. Two groups of domestic chicks (Schaffer white Leghorns) were incubated, hatched and maintained under brooding conditions prior to imprinting procedures. Chicks were first divided into seven age groups, four hour intervals, beginning at hatching. The critical period of imprinting behavior was established with Group I. Success of imprinting training in this group was tested 24 hours after the training sessions. The second group provided blood samples taken after imprinting training sessions; they were …

Phenetic Structure And Zoogeography Of North American Insectivorous Bat Faunas, Gregory Michael Shum

Biology ETDs

Eighteen morphological features were measured for 103 species of insectivorous bats found throughout North America. These characters were standardized to a mean of zero and a standard deviation of unity. Using these morphological characters, thirty-one distinct faunas, ranging from a Boreal Forest fauna with three species to a Wet Tropical fauna with 50 species, were analyzed in an 18-dimensional mathematical hyperspace with the numerical taxonomic techniques of distance, correlation and principal components.

The results show that tropical faunas occupy a greater morphological hypervolume than temperate-zone faunas. Morphological packing is not greater in tropical faunas, and it appears that a limiting …

Efficacy Of Bunamidine Hydrochloride Against Immature And Mature Stages Of Echinococcus Granulosus, Lauritz A. Jensen

Theses and Dissertations

A study was conducted to determine the efficacy of bunamidine hydrochloride against the immature and mature stages of Echinococcus granulosus found in Utah. Twenty-seven dogs were obtained from local animal shelters and experimentally infected with the parasite. The drug was given at dosage levels of 25 mg/kg to 50 mg/kg of bodyweight. It was from 85.9 to 98.8% effective against the immature stage, and 100% effective against the adult stage. The results suggest that this drug can feasibly be used under field conditions where hydatid disease is endemic.

Lipid Metabolism During Bacterial Growth, Sporulation, And Germination: Differential Synthesis Of Individual Branched And Normal-Chain Fatty Acids During Spore Germination And Outgrowth Of Bacillus Thuringiensis, Kenneth W. Nickerson, Lee A. Bulla Jr., Timothy L. Mounts

Papers in Microbiology

The biosynthesis of individual branched- and normal-chain fatty acids during Bacillus thuringiensis spore germination and outgrowth was studied by comparing pulsed and continuous labeling of these fatty acids with [U- ¹⁴C ]acetate. The relative specific activity of each fatty acid varies with time as the cell progresses through outgrowth. However, fatty acid synthesis does occur in two distinct phases. Upon germination, acetate is incorporated only into the iso-isomers i-C₁₃, i-C₁₄, and i-C₁₆; no normal or anteiso synthesis occurs. Subsequent to T₃₀, the full complement of branched- and normal-chain homologues is formed …

Quality Control Standards For Cooked Frozen Green Beans Held Heated For Varying Holding Times, Anna Mae Brenner

Doctoral Dissertations

Objective quality control standards for prepared food, held heated for varying periods of time were studied. Frozen Grade A whole stringless Peco and Slender White string green beans grown, blast frozen, and packaged in Tennessee were used.

Before cooking, 12 lb of each variety were randomly chosen, removed from the freezer and package, mixed together, then divided into seven 735 g portions. Portions were placed in seven half-size shallow stainless steel steam table inset pans marked with holding times of 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 minutes.

All pans of green beans were steamed at one time for …

An Evaluation Of Environmental Quality: Opportunity Costs Of Channelization And Land Use Change In The Floodplain Of The Obion-Forked Deer River Basin Of West Tennessee, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, George F. Smith, M. B. Badenhop

Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Vocalizations Of Isolated Piglets. Ii. Some Environmental Factors, D. Fraser

Communication Skills Collection

The vocalizations of suckling piglets were studied during brief tests which involved social isolation, restriction of movement, and exposure to unfamiliar surroundings. Similar trends were shown in most cases by the three classes of call studied - closed mouth grunts, open mouth grunts, and squeals. The rate of calling was much lower when a piglet was in the home pen than when alone in an unfamiliar pen, and more calls were given in both situations when the animal’s movement was restricted by caging. The presence of the dam and four littermates in unfamiliar surroundings caused a large reduction in calling, …

Two-Stage Peroxide-Hydrosulphite Bleaching Of Groundwood Pulp, Richard Daniel Hyatt

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

The conditions and chemicals for the use of hydrogen peroxide, sodium hydrosulphite and zinc hydrosulphite for the bleaching of groundwood pulp are discussed. Previous research provided guidelines for establishing optimum conditions for temperature, time, pH, consistency and type of buffer. The research carried out determined optimum conditions for a two-stage peroxide-hydrosulphite sequence. The use of an HCl extraction prior to bleaching was found to be as effective as EDTA for the removal of heavy metals. The combination of peroxide-hydrosulphite gave a brightness rise of 26 G. E. points while hydrogen peroxide alone gave 22.2 points and hydrosulphite alone gave 8.7 …

Drying Rates, Infrared Drying, And Binder Migration, Alan Larson

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Proper distribution of adhesive in pigmented coatings is necessary to obtain good printability. This ___ undertaker to study the effect of varying drying rates on adhesive distribution. Using a standard substrate, coating was dried under four separate drying rates on a pilot coater equipped with an air knife coater and three sections of hot air driers. After grinding to carious derths, a spectrophotometric method was used to analyze migration behavior. The fastest rate, utilizing an infrared heater temporarily placed directly after the air knife, showed extremely uniform adhesive distribution. This was due in part to the reflective foil placed opposite …

Central Crops And Soils Research Station Highmore, South Dakota: Annual Progress Report, 1975, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1975 progress report for the Central Crops and Soils Research Station at Highmore, South Dakota State College. This document represents the research conducted at the Station during the 1975 crop season including: weather data, tillage and fertility experiments, spring wheat yields, sorghum testing, horticulture, sunflowers, and experiments conducted in 1975.

West River Agricultural Research And Extension Center Progress Report, 1975, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1975 annual progress report of the West River Crops Soils Research and Extension Center, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. This report includes: a weather summary, small grain variety trials, specialty crop variety trials, sorghum variety testing, irrigated alfalfa trials, water management trials, management, tillage and cultural practices, fertilizer studies on winter wheat, crop diseases and their control, and plot information.

Dow Saran Microspheres A Low Weight – High Bulk Filler, William R. Hajek

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Dow Saran Microspheres as a light weight high bulk filler has been plagued with certain problems, due to the distribution and retention of the microspheres within the sheet. These problems concern dusting and build-up of the microsphere polymer on the dryer cans and during the printing operations on the finished base sheet.

Single and dual retention aid systems were studied and analyzed as a possible solution to the poor distribution and retention of the spheres within the sheet.

Based on this experimental data, the dual retention aid system proved far superior in improving sphere distribution as well as sphere retention. …

An Operation Research Approach To The Economic Optimization Of Kraft Pulping, Robert E. Packwood

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

The first attempt to apply operations research to the kraft industry came in 1959 by C.W. Carroll at the Institute of Paper Chemistry. Carroll developed a pulping rate expression and incorporated engineering balances to complete his mathematical model. Carroll then developed an optimization technique to optimize kraft mill economic performance.

This work develops the mathematical model utilizing a different pulping rate expression and further develops certain areas (e.g. recovery boiler, lime kiln, and washer models) utilizing regression equations obtained from literature and material and energy balances in an approach much like that of Boyle and Tobias.

An attempt was made …

The Attainment Of Ultrahigh-Solid Coating Colors, Robert C. Ziolkowski

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Ultrahigh-solid coating colors were mixed containing (#1) clay, three different ground calcium carbonates of varying particle size, and a styrene-butadiene latex as a sole binder. The resulting colors demonstrated proper coating rheology and were applied to a base paper by means of a blade coater. The coated paper was then evaluated for the physical properties produced.

An effective control of binder migration and water retention without the aid of a hydrocolloid was indicated by tests made on the coated paper. The paper coated with the ultrahigh-solid coating colors also depicted desirable finished properties of brightness, opacity, pick strength, ink receptivity, …

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Symposium On Carcinoma Of The Prostate — Introduction, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Radionuclide Bone Imaging In The Evaluation Of Prostatic Cancer, Daniel S. Marks, William R. Eyler

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Radionuclide bone imaging is a rapid, easily performed, noninvasive method for evaluation of skeletal disease in carcinoma of the prostate, or any other malignancy. In a significant number of cases, it may provide the only evidence of metastases and frequently demonstrates more widespread Involvement than previously suspected. Thus, it may redirect the chosen course of therapy or localize sources of bone pain that are not radiographically apparent. Sixty-two percent of 42 patients studied were abnormal, of which 12% had no radiographic evidence of disease.

Lymphangiography In Staging Carcinoma Of The Prostate. A Comparison With Operative Findings, Joseph C. Cerny, Malcolm Weckstein, Riad Farah

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Pedal lymphangiography was performed In 30 patients who subsequently underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy, and radical pelvic lymphadenectomy. In 24 of 30 patients, lymphangiograms correctly predicted the presence or absence of nodal Involvement. In spite of certain limitations of the technique. It is considered an essential diagnostic study in patients considered for possible radical prostatic surgery, or in patients who may be candidates for external megavoltage radiotherapy to the prostate gland and its lymphatic drainage.

Immunologic Assessment In Patients With Prostatic Carcinoma, Richard C. Klugo

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The role of immune mechanisms in the development and control of prostatic carcinoma appears to be complicated by the endocrine response of some tumors. The progression of endocrine-independent tumors is more directly related to host-immune response. Evaluation of the role of chemotherapeutic agents must include their effect on the host-immune response. The use of BCC in patients with metastatic prostatic carcinoma produces no alteration in cell-mediated immunity but produces local tumor necrosis. The use of nonspecific antigens to enhance host-immune response may be more effective when used as adjuvant therapy in earlier stages of prostatic adenocarcinoma.

Bone Marrow Acid Phosphatase In The Evaluation Of Patients With Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Ronald Kabler, Riad Farah, Kenneth Greenawald, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Based on experience with 30 men having clinical stage A and B adenocarcinoma of the prostate, the authors conclude that elevation of bone marrow acid phosphatase (BMAP) is a sensitive indicator of the disease state. BMAP revealed periprostatic or nodal Involvement when osseous metastases seemed absent. BMAP is considered essential in the evaluation of all patients with prostatic carcinoma. Patients who have false negative BMAP (and are not candidates for radical prostatectomy), should undergo lymphangiography and bone scan before radiation therapy or hormonal treatment is planned.

Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy And Pelvic Lymphadenectomy In Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Riad N. Farah, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

An operative technique Is described which combines regional pelvic lymphadenectomy with radical prostatectomy. The technique has been used on 30 patients with no operative mortality. Morbidity has been within acceptable limits. Thus far, only one patient has shown recurrence of the neoplasm.

Hormonal And Chemotherapeutic Management Of Disseminated Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Robert W. Brownlee

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The management of disseminated prostatic carcinoma with hormonal and chemotherapeutic agents is discussed. Hormonal manipulation consists of ablative as well as additive modalities. A new agent, Adriamycin, has shown some effectiveness In selected cases. Significant difficulties are encountered in assessing the objective state of remission of patients undergoing therapy. Further advances through co-operative, randomized clinical trials must be sought. The development of additional chemotherapeutic agents will hopefully expand our horizons.

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Palliative Urinary Diversion In Adenocarcinoma Of The Prostate, R. C. Youngman, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Ten patients with inoperable prostatic carcinoma, producing ureteral obstruction and azotemia, underwent palliative urinary diversion. Good quality survivals of two months to three years were obtained. These results compare favorably with the good results seer) In gynecologic neoplasm of the bladder, colon and breast. In selected cases of carcinoma of the prostate, palliative urinary diversion is indicated when the prospects exist for further benefit from chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Advances In The Radiation Therapy Of Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Joel Elliot White

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Basic principles of radiation biology and radiation tolerance are reviewed. The Implications for radiation therapy of newer staging techniques in carcinoma of the prostate such as exploratory laparotomy, lymphangiography, and bone marrow acid prosphatase are discussed. A technique for treating the prostate and para-aortic lymph nodes in continuity is presented. Complications and results of therapy are discussed.

Changes In Serum Testosterone After Bilateral Orchiectomy In Patients With Metastatic Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Richard Senn, Riad Farah, Julius Ohorodnik, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

From a study of 38 patients, it may be concluded that, first, changes in serum testosterone levels of patients undergoing orchiectomy for metastatic carcinoma of the prostate are unrelated to the clinical course of the patient; second, no clear correlation exists between quantitative Leydig cell counts and levels of plasma testosterone; and, third, exacerbation of metastatic disease is observed while plasma testosterone remains in the castrate range. These observations question the exact function of the Leydig cell and its role in androgen production, and indicate that prostatic neoplasms have varying degrees of response to reduced androgen levels and/or androgen-Iike substances …

Biology And Management Of River Herring And Shad In Virginia : Annual Report, Anadromous Fish Project 1975, Walter J. Hoagman, William H. Kriete

Reports

The number of pound nets and the catch of· alosines per net continued to decline in 1975. Effort by sta.ke gill nets.· increased but catch estimates declined. The James River · yielded an estimated 853,847 pounds of American shad (down 47% from 1974) with the peak of the run at the end of March. Stake gill nets landed 246,036. pounds of American shad in the York River, a decrease from 1974. Estimates of Hickory shad landings declined 83% in the York River. Pound nets in the Rappahannock River had a 75% reduction in American shad catch and stake gill net …

Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 1975, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This fifteenth annual report of the research program at the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm has special significance for those engaged in agriculture and the agriculturally related businesses in the nine county area of southeast South Dakota. Reports in this document include information on: temperatures and precipitation data, corn breeding and performance, rootworm control soybean research and planting, crop rotation, grain trials, and swine production.

Management Of Four Alfalfa Varieties To Control Damage From Potato Leafhoppers, W. R. Kehr, R. L. Ogden, J. D. Kindler

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The main purpose of this study was to obtain information on forage yield and quality of four alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) varieties that differed in level of resistance to potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae Harris) yellowing, when cut at three stages of growth in the second and third cuttings in field plots, with and without insecticide application. The stages of growth were bud, 1/10, and full bloom. Other purposes included study of the same varieties in field cages manually infested at 20, 40, and 60 adult leafhoppers/square yard, and in supplemental cuttings of field plots under high natural infestation …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1975) 43(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Spring Waterfowl Migration in Lancaster County - 1970.................. 70

Merlin Nest in Nebraska ..................78

A Groove-billed Ani Seen Again in Nebraska.................. 79

A Brown Creeper's Nest in Nebraska.................. 80

First Pleistocene Record of the Golden Eagle from the Central Great Plains.................. 84

Notes.................. 84

Index of Volume XXX XIII ..................85